<p>I realize that I’m posting this on the Brown forum but I’d really appreciate an honest, objective opinion - as someone who wants to major in Economics but is looking towards getting into the corporate world/get an MBA in the future, which university would suit me better in terms of the opportunities: Brown or Northwestern?</p>
<p>Thanks so much in advance! :)</p>
<p>E-mail the professors at both schools and they will tell you the options you have at both schools and compare them! Good luck!</p>
<p>Well.
Both are very good, prestigious schools. Both place very well at graduate and corporate, consulting, and finance positions.
As a Business Economics concentrator at Brown, I can speak to this knowledge directly. I was placed in an international internship at a Hong Kong private equity firm for the summer after my sophomore year. Investment banks, business schools, consultant firms, other financial services firms, major U.S. corporations all recruit interns and graduates rather heavily.</p>
<p>There are few better places in terms of recruitment. I know little about Northwestern, and would expect the recruiting and graduate placement experience there to be roughly similar.</p>
<p>In Northwestern’s favor, it has a business school that undergraduates may or may not have access to. It is a university with a far more pre-professional bent to its entire academic program. Brown, while providing an excellent preparation for the world of business, does not educate students for specific careers. My concentration, Business Economics, only includes courses in economic theory of finance and firms, sociological theory, and theory of technological advancement. No management or practical finance courses (outside of Accounting) are required, which only serves to emphasize Brown’s far broader liberal arts mission.</p>